Gubaba

I'd actually really like that. enough greeks with brit accents, seriously.

When I was in college, I took a class in Ancient Greek (NOT a fun language), and a bunch of us rented Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. When Socrates spoke at the end, we struggled to understand what he was saying, but none of us could...because the actor was speaking MODERN Greek. I think we'd all have been happier if he'd been speaking like a Brit...

GOTHIC MYLENE?!?

Okay, I need this CD.

There are samples at the same page you linked... though i can't tell if it's good or bad... or perhaps you wanted someone to point you where you can "buy" it??

Heh...believe me, I already checked all the torrent sites I could think of (to no avail)...so I just put it on my growing list of stuff to get when I go back to Tokyo this summer. I'm not in a hurry, so it's no big deal.

(...that said, if you knew a site to download it, I wouldn't say no... )

And I didn't realize you could listen to samples on CDJapan...I've never used them before.

EDIT: I can't seem to get the samples from the website anyway. Some kanji that I'm too lazy to look up in a dictionary pops up...

Thanks for the effort, Graham!

Y'know, in reading the comic, I just realized that "Saotome" means "young girl," and we all know what an "Alto" is...so not only does Alto look like a girl, he's also got a girly name...

Kamille Complex squared...?

Note, Tomo Sakurai was the acting voice of Mylene, although she did sing a bit.

Graham

Yeah...that was one of the problems with Mylene Jenius Sings Lynn Minmay...the Prologue was the only bit that sounded like Mylene!

I'm glad that they're reissuing some of the kits (I'm praying for the VF-1D to make a comeback...) but I wish they'd come out with something new that's NOT Zero related...I need a VF-11B, a VF-17, and a YF-19 battroid.

Hell, even the Fire Valkyrie would be great.

(I would mention my all-consuming desire for a Hasegawa VF-4, but it'll never happen...)

...and is it any good?

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=GNCA-7109

The tribute albums always seem to be rather mixed bags...although when the singer is in charge of the project (i.e. Mari Iijima Sings Lynn Minmay and Fukuyama Fire), the results tend to be better, IMHO.

So...is there a verdict on this one yet?

Now THAT's funny!

I'm just shocked that someone at Big West had a copy of the script...I thought it wasn't officially released until the '90s...

Regults can be destroyed completely with one blast of a gunpod, unless you're in a VF-1D, and then it will take all your ammo just to knock the thing over.

I don't remember where I read it, but there was an official source that stated that her surname was "Norm".

FV

"Norm" and "Nome" are the same in katakana...it all depends on who's transliterating. And, um, it's "Ichijo," not "Ichigo." "Ichigo" means "strawberry," which would be a pretty lame moniker for Skull Leader...

I have to admit I'm getting déja vu here...from back when everyone here was sure that Edgar's last name meant that Claudia would HAVE to show up in Mac0...

My prediction? When Sara and Shin were whisked away at the end of Zero, they went through a time warp to 2058 that also somehow managed to fuse them together into a single hermaphroditic being...who promptly named him/herself "Sheryl" and started singing.

Back on topic, I'm dying to know what happened to that all-girl band in 7 whose singer wore a witch hat. Maybe they're also now has-beens being managed by Kaifun, who also has a 75-year-old Jamis Melan in his stable of "talent."

I might get the VF-1S shirt if they're still selling it at Animate in Ikebukuro when I go back this summer...

Before Christmas 1984, the little, flimsy "Parade" magazine that came with the Sunday edition of the L.A. Times had a story on Japanese robot toys, helpfully noting what anime each came from, and one of the showcases of the article was Hikaru's VF-1J. I devoured that article over and over again, so when Robotech debuted, I recognized the Valks right away.

Later, I found a model shop near my house that carried the old Imai / Arii kits, and they suddenly got a bunch in that had the "MACROSS '84 SUMMER" seal on them...and that's when my love of Robotech became merely a gateway drug into the far headier world of import model kits and nth generation VHS copies with no subs...

I believe you're talking about the "Perfect Edition" Tapes. I think the plan was to release the entire Robotech series with matching original episodes but I don't know how far along they made it. They might have completed it but some other member would have to answer that.

Nope, they never completed it. They got out eight Macross tapes and seven each for Southern Cross and Mospeada. I remember going to Anime Expo in...'93? '94? and the guy from Streamline said the next volumes would be out "in a few weeks."

Lying jerk.

Here's my own personal translation of Tenshi no Engoku...unfortunately, I don't have the romaji handy. Sorry.

Twilight glistens, floating down to my window,

I breathe in the twinkling wind

When I look at the sky.

Even my heart, dyed blue by sadness,

I will color again with an angel’s paints,

Anyway I like.

When we met, I only longed for the heavens,

And the love that always protected me,

I didn’t notice it.

For just a short time, if I say farewell to you,

I love you,

Would I end up in tears?

If I look away, everything will end up shattered.

Someday, the light of eternity will lure me away.

Even my heart, dyed blue by sadness,

I will color again with an angel’s paints,

Anyway I like.

It's the rage of the Macross itself at having to appear in such a lame series.

If you didn't like "No Limit" or "Right Now," you definitely won't like "Gems," since it's mostly just tracks from both of them, with only one new song. However, she's got an actual new album coming out very soon. Next week, I think...

Get her latest album Gems now!!

I heartily second that.

"Unspeakable pain inside..."

It does seem like I am being skeptical, but I am not a skeptical person. This is the first thread where I have been questioning MZero at all.

Well, stop it! We need more BLIND UNQUESTIONING OBEDIENCE, not skepticism!

Doesn't the 0A have different wings from the S? If they've made the 0A wings, a 0D will be coming soon enough.

I mean, I want a VF-11, too (and a VF-4, and a VF-1 gerwalk, and a VF-17...), but a VF-0A is also pretty good...

Some different wings

http://www.mahq.net/mecha/macross/zero/vf-0a.htm

Sigh...my bad. I got confused since I was sure that the A and the D were the same, based on the official Bandai Visual site. So I went back to check, and lo! the 0A isn't even shown!

*kicks faulty memory*

Of course, they wouldn't have come out the 0B if they didn't have a 0D planned down the line...Still, I'm a die-hard Hasegawa apologist, and even I'm getting a little frustrated here...

I'm seriously beginning to doubt that any SDF Macross characters will show up...on the website, there's only one "COMING SOON" left in the character list, but I think Dr. Hasford should probably fit in there...maybe there'll be some kind of brief cameo, but I wouldn't bet on it.

I also wouldn't be surprised if we didn't see the ASS-1. The whole series has felt less like a prologue to the original series and more like a side story...just like all the other Macross sequels.

As for the toy commercials not accessible on your DVD, is yours an authentic or boot disc?

It's a boot...I don't have a regionless player, and I think the original R2 version was long gone by the time I finally picked it up a year or so ago.

It also has hysterically bad subtitles with things like "Chando Blue fights Pink Fighters Meltran" or some such.

I am wondering how the VF-0A will differ from the VF-0S I allready have. Any clues?

It's the VF-0S with the VF-0B head.

Another farting delay tactic to make drooling fans drool more more the VF-0D.

fart you, Hasegawa. I'm not buying another Macross kit until the VF-0D comes out.

Or the VF-11.

Who's with me?

Doesn't the 0A have different wings from the S? If they've made the 0A wings, a 0D will be coming soon enough.

I mean, I want a VF-11, too (and a VF-4, and a VF-1 gerwalk, and a VF-17...), but a VF-0A is also pretty good...

Well...I guess at the very least, that blows the idea that had been floating around that the last volume would be forty minutes or more...somehow, they've gotta wrap up the story in thirty-four minutes...

The timeline stuff on the DVD:

Does it have this guy saying out the years in English in this kinda stupid voice, followed by description of events in Japanese? I have a 'timeline' on my pirate Macross Plus OVA VCD and I'm just wondering if it's the same thing for the 20th anniversary DVD. thx

No, unfortunately, it doesn't have "Macross: A Future Chronicle" on it...

*Doom laden voice: "2010 - Lynn Minmay Plan put into operation!"*

Heh.

Strangely, my copy of the 20th Anniversary disc doesn't have the toy commercials...at least, not anywhere that I've been able to locate on the menu. Playing the whole thing through doesn't make 'em appear, either. Anybody know what gives?

$77...and that's BEFORE paint, glue, and all that...

Plus, the VF-1D seems pretty scarce these days. I wish they wouldn't make their limited editions so...limited. I completely missed the F-14 and the Low Vis Valk.

Wow...how much do we have to donate?